girl portrait painting – Katie Jeanne Wood

BEFORE
Girl and bird figure painting
© Katie Jeanne Wood
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 286

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
Charlotte Brontë

I hesitate slightly to show the before photo above because people often get upset with me for revising my work. I have no idea why. It strikes me as so odd, but then again, I’ve never thought of my work as being precious. I guess other artists feel differently about their work, so they get offended by my actions.

I’ve contemplated doing away with the before photos altogether, but I like showing the improvements I make, even if it doesn’t seem like an improvement to some people. haha

I made up my mind a looong time ago, I’m not going to keep paintings around that I don’t like, which means I have two options. I can take a painting out back, chop it into tiny bits with an axe, and throw it in a bonfire or I can revise it. I prefer the upcycling option because I’m hippy dippy in my way of thinking. Why rip a page out of my book or ruin a perfectly good canvas when I can paint something I like better over the top?